Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-01-12

Dated, Yankton. Dakota territory. this Goth
day Of November, a D. 1885.
EhlCk lpERoON, county clerk, Yankton,
A. QUARNBERG, register of deeds and
ex:otticio county clerk. CLAY county. u. I,
CHhisTlAN HAMElsTER, register of deeds,
fsnkton county, D.. !.
The following persons met at the time
designated in the same to-wit:
VIM. 81, Edmunds, chairman, Dona-
hue, Aassth and Peiffer, county commits.
sioners of Yankton, and Christian Haee,
county clerk of Yankton county, Cyrus
J. Fry, chairman, Niels Hansen and
John u. Norelius, county commissioners
and A. A. Gutenberg, county clerk of
CLAY county.
On motion VIM. Fl. Edmunds was
chosen chairman of the joint meeting Of
said commissioners.
On motion tho following preamble
and resolution was adopted and ap-
proved and signed by the chairman of
the board Of commissioners of Yankton
county and the chairman of the board of
commissioners of Clay county. The said
resolution read as follows:
Territory of Dakota, County Of Yank-
ton, IS: And now this 1lth day Of jan
uary, 1887, ten O'Clock q. m. being the
time fixed In the notice for the hearing
of q petition for u joint ditch and drain
in the counties of Yankton and CLAY,
said ditch or drain being petltioned for
by ID. 0. Lawrence and Andrew Jack.
son, of the county of Clay, and territory
OF Dakota, and John Williams, of the
county of Yankton, said ditch or drain
commencing of the bridge built by the
Northwestern railway company where
said railroad CROSSES Clay creek in said
county of Yankton D. T., and thrice
running through said counties of Yank-
ton and Clay as prayed for by said
petition, there being present W. FL.
Edmunds, James Donahue, Anton
Felfer, John Aaseth, of Yankton county,
Cyrus j. Fry, Nels Hanson and John
Norelius, of the county of Clay. Also
county clerks of both said counties, said
Yankton and Clay counties, and it satis-
factorily appearing that due and legal
notice of the hearing of said petition
had been given by publication thereof
in each Of the said counties of Yankton
and Clay, to-wit: IN the Press and Dako-
tslan, in the county Of Yanktop, q news
paper published and of general ~circula-
tion in said Yankton county, and in the
Dakota Republican, q newspaper pub.
lished and of general circulation in said
county of Clay, said notices having been
published in each OF said newspapers
for o period of three successive weeks,
prior to the 18th day OF January, 1897.
the day fixed by said bonds of county
commissioners for the hearing of said
petition, said petition beng duly called
up for hearing, and it further satisfsc-
torily appearing to the said boards OF
county commissioners in joint session
assembled, that all the steps necessary
to the due and legal establishment OF
said ditch and drain have been duly and
legally taken. And upon consideration
thereof, one hour having elapsed since
the tima set for hearing said petition,
and no remonstrauce having been flod
in either OF said counties OF Yankton
and Clay, or before the Joint session Of
said boards OF county commissioners
upon consideration thereof, as also o.
the report of the viewers appointed tc
view said proposed ditch and drain from
which the officers think the viewers duly
appointed in each of said counties, signs
in favor OF said proposed ditch and
drain. said ditch to be of public utility
as we'll 80 conducive to the public health
and for public benefit. And il further
appearing from the report q;
viewers that sesd proposed ditch or drajr
has been duly and legally surveyed snd
the ditch throughout its entire length
and that damages have been duly al.
lowed and all benefits assessed agains
1.-THE lands benefited by said ditch o.